beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

1

: to make or perform by or as if by beating

2

: to mark or accompany by beating

3

: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The undrafted rookie from Iowa easily beat out veteran Jake Moody in training camp. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Isaiah Marshall, who recently beat out Cole Ballard for KU’s starting quarterback job, completed 14 of 19 passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns (one to Nik McMillan, one to Tate Nagy) while playing 2 and 1/2 quarters. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

Conklin beat out Sharman for the quarterback job after fall camp. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Shortly before midnight, the crew beat out a fifty-acre fire that was smoldering delicately through lush green tundra. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout